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Bar, plea in
a defence resorted to when there was no defect apparent on the face of the plaintiff's bill, alleging affirmative matter, and reducing the case to a particular point, seeking to displace the plaintiff's equity. See now DEFENCE.
Opening the case
Opening the case. On a trial before a jury the party who upholds the affirmative of the issue begins, in conformity with the Civil Law maxim: Ei incumbit probatio, qui dicit, non qui
Issue
point in question, as the conclusion of the pleadings between contending parties in an action, when one side affirms and the other denies. It is provided by the present rules of pleading that the plaintiff by his
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Real Property Act, 1845
1905, C. will become tenant to A. till the end of 1905, notwithstanding B.'s surrender)--the statute being in affirmance of the common law as laid down in Co. Litt. 338 b, and Doe v. Puke, (1816) 5
Argumentum a majori ad minus negative non- valet; valet e converso
valet; valet e converso [Lat.], An argument from the greater to the less is of no force negatively; affirmatively it is.
Verify
to be true. That the authority must append his verification to the declaration made by candidate on solemn affirmation, Nanak Singh v. Deputy Commissioner Amritsar, (1968) 70 Punj LR 1095.
Vagueness of grounds
of being understood or defined with sufficient it can be called vague. It is not possible to State affirmatively more on the question of what is vague. It must very according to the circumstances of each case.
Tribunal
of 'tribunal' in the wider sense and quotes Fry, L.J. in Dawkins v. Rokeby (LR 8 QB 255, affirmed LR 7 HL 744. I accept that, with this qualification that I do not like the word 'tribunal'.
Trial
it at the same time as his other evidence, or reserve it until after the defendant has given affirmative evidence on the issue. At the end of the plaintiff's evidence, the defendant's counsel declares whether he will
Testimony
by a witness. See EVIDENCE and PERPETUATING TESTIMONY. Means an evidence that a competent witness under oath or affirmation gives at trial or in an affidavit or deposition, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1485
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